Are female action heroes risky role models? Character identification, idealization, and viewer aggression

Sex Roles

Volumn 57, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 725-732

  Greenwood, Dara N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Female action heroes; Idealization; Identification; Media

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448970230     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9290-5     Document Type: Article

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